Casket-lid.



No. 714,609. Patent'ed Nay/.25, 1,902,

n. RAPPLEYEA & w; A.- SPARKS."

CASKET L|D (Application filed Aug. 2, 1901.)

(No Model?) WITNESSES: INVENTOS 1 ATTORNEYS h moron, a. c. #n: "ohmsPETERS c0 PHOTO-UTMQ. wAsM NICHOLAS RAPPLEYEA AND WILLIAM A. SPARKS, OFHOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO NATIONAL GASKET COMPANY, OF HOBOKEN,

NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CASKET-LID.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,609, datedNovember 25, 1902.

Application filed August 2,1901. Serial No. 70,632. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NICHOLAS RAPPLE- YEA and WILLIAM A. SPARKS, ofHohoken, in the county of Hudson and State of New J ersey, have inventeda certain new and useful Casket-Lid, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention has for its object the production of a casket-lid which isof such construction that the name of the deceased or other inscriptionon the name-plate can be read with minimum ease and rapidity whenpassing in proximity to the casket; and it consists in the combination,construction, and arrangement of the component parts of a casket-lid, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming partof this specification, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a easketlid embodying our invention.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the detached panel or part of thecasket-lid for supporting the name-plate. Fig. 3 is a sectional Viewtaken on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

A represents a casket-lid embodying our invention, and B the panel orpart thereof for supporting the name-plate. (Not illustrated.) Saidpanel B is usually raised and arranged between raised end panels 0; but,if desired, one or both of the panels 0 may be dispensed with. The upper-face b of the panel B inclines upwardly from front to rear, and itsside faces I) generally converge upwardly from their lower portionstoward said upper face 6. Owing to the inclination of the face I), whichsupports the name-plate, it is possible to read the name of the deceasedor other inscription on said name-plate with minimum ease and rapidity.

The construction of our casket-lid will now be readily understood uponreference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a casketlid provided with a raisedinclined face, adapted to support a name-plate, said face being inclinedfrom front to rear.

2. As an article of manufacture, a casketlid provided with a raisedinclined face or panel, adapted to support a name-plate, said lid alsobeing provided with end panels adjacent to each end of the raisedinclined face.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names, in the presenceof two attesting witnesses, at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson, in theState of New Jersey, this 24th day of July, 1901.

NICHOLAS RAPPLEYEA.

. WILLIAM A. SPARKS.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN L. HOAGLAND, JOHN P. KENNEDY.

